Credit Suisse shares soar after securing a $54 billion lifeline from Switzerland Shares of the Swiss banking giant rallied significantly Thursday after Switzerland’s central bank agreed to lend it $54 billion. Read more on NPR

The U.S. is sending an ambassador to India after leaving the job vacant for 26 months It was the longest diplomatic gap in the history of U.S.- Indian relations, at a time when the two countries say they’re closer than ever before Read more on NPR

The U.S. military releases footage of Black Sea drone crash with Russian jet The 42-second video comes two days after the Pentagon accused a Russian aircraft of colliding with an uncrewed, MQ-9 surveillance drone. The Kremlin has denied it intentionally downed the vehicle. Read more on NPR

‘Heart Sutra’ is a satire that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith Chinese novelist Yan Lianke treats the deities of China’s major religions as quiet, omnipresent participants in the novel’s events, which range from slapstick comedy to shocking violence. Read more on NPR

Sickle cell patient’s success with gene editing raises hopes and questions A Mississippi woman’s life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared. Read more on NPR

The truth is there’s little the government can do about lies on cable Tucker Carlson trying to rewrite history on the Jan. 6 riots is exposing the government’s limited ability to regulate distortions on cable news. Read more on NPR